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E. J, GILPIN. WELL- BUCKET.

Patented July 2, 1895.

N ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ELI J. GILPIN, OF F'OWLER, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES TAYLOR AND HENRY TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

WELL-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,846, dated July 2, 189 5.

Application filed April 25, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI J. GILPIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fowler, in the county of Benton and State ot Indiana,

have invented anew and useful Well-Bucket,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for protecting the bottom or check valve of tubular wells and for collecting and removing the sand, sediment and other matter which collect from time to time around the check valve, often rendering the same inoperative.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient form of sediment bucket, which is adapted to be let down into a tubular well andto rest upon and remain just over and above the bottom or check valve thereof, said bucket being adapted, by its peculiar construction to collect the sand, sediment, dre., which settle around said check valve, after which it maybe removed from the well` for the purpose of cleaning said bucket and removing the sand and sediment therefrom.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction andV arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings and finally embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a well cleaning bucket constructed in accordance with the present invention and havingthe adjacent wall thereof partly broken out to show the inner perforated tube and the wire cloth or gauze surrounding the same. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section taken centrally through the well cleaning bucket, showing the relative arrangement of the inner and outer tubes and the hinged valve for closing the upper end of the inner tube and the stop for limiting the movement of said valve.

Similar numeralsof reference designate corresponding parts in both iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a tubular case or hollow cylinder which forms the main body of my improved check valve protector and sediment bucket.

2 indicates a second tube of smaller diame- Serial No, 547,168. (No model.)

ter than the outer tube or case l, said inner tube terminating at the top and bottom a short distance from the upper andlower ends of the outer tube or case, respectively.

The lower end ot' the inner tube and the corresponding end of the outer tube or case are connected by means of a conical wall 3, which aords a tapering or daring mouth at the lower end of sthe bucket facilitatingthe oo passage of the water and sediment upwardly through the inner tube.

At the upper end, the `inner tube is provided with a hinged cap or valve 4, which is arranged to automatically open' upward for 65 permitting the sand and sediment to pass out through the upper end of the inner tube, but which will close and prevent the sediment from again passing downward through said inner tube. The inner tube is further pro- 7o vided with a plurality of perforations leading from the interior thereof, into the space between the inner and outer tubes, said perforations being covered by means of a piece of wire cloth or gauze 6, which surrounds the inner tube and is soldered or otherwise secured in place thereon. By means of this construction the water passing down between the inner and outer tubes will pass through the perforations 5, but the sand, sediment, 8o Src., will be prevented from passing through said perforations, by means ot' the wire gauze covering the same.

In order-to prevent the hinged cap or valve 4 from opening too wide,a stop 7 is provided, 85 in the form of a cross bar or wire arranged above said valve'and secured at its ends to. opposite sides of the outer tube. This stop will permit the cap or valve 4 toopen sutticiently to allow the water andv sediment to pass out 9o of the upper end of the inner tube, and will serve to retain said cap or valve in a position whereby the return of said valve to its seat is insured in the downward movement of the water'andsediment.

8 indicates a suitable bail secured to the top of the outer tube or case, by means of which the bucket as a whole, is adapted to be withdrawn from the well, by the aid ot' a suitable fishing tool, when it is desired to r o empty the sediment therefrom.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. The improved cleaning bucket is lowered down into a tubular well until the lower Haring mouth of said bucket rests upon the seat of the bottom or check valve, at the lower end of the Well tubing. In this position, the sand, sediment and water which are drawn upwardly by the action of the pumppass upwardly through the inner tube, thereby lifting the cap or valve 4 at the upper end of the inner tube. In the downward move, ment of the plunger, the cap or valve 4 is returned to its seat, as above described, under which adjustment the water may pass through the perforations in the inner tube, but the sand, sediment, die., are prevented from passing through said perforations by reason of the presence of the wire gauze covering, surrounding said inner tube. In this way, the sediment is removed from the bottom or check valve of the well and is collected within said bucket, thereby rendering said valve more eective in operation.

The cleaning bucket may be removed from the well, at any time, for the purpose ot' emptying the sediment collected therein, by means of any suitable fishing tool, which is let down into the well and engaged with the bail at the `top of said bucket.

Various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages cf this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1 A device for cleaning wells and collecting the sediment therein, the same comprising a hollow cylindrical or tubular case, an inner perforate tube arranged within said case and connected therewith at its lower edge, a hinged cap or valve for closing said inner tube, and a bail for lowering and raising the device, substantially as described.

2. Acleaningdeviceforwells,thesamecom prising a hollow bucket having a suitable bail whereby the same is adapted to be lowered into or raised from its operative position, a hollow body or tube arranged within said bucket and connected therewith, said inner tube being provided with perforations leading from the interior of the inner tube to the space within the outer body or bucket proper, and means for preventing the sediment, dac., from passing downwardly through said inner tube, substantially as described.

3. In a device for cleaning tubular wells, an outer tubular case or bucket, in combination with an inner perforate tube connected with the outer case or lbucket as described, wire gauze or cloth surrounding said inner tube and screening the perforations therein, and a cap or valve hinged to said inner tube and adapted to close the upper end thereof, substantially in the manner-and for the purpose specified.l

4. In a device for cleaning tubular wells, an outer tube or .case comprising a sediment bucket, in combination with an innertubehaving perforations therein, a wire gauze covering surrounding said inner tube and covering said perforations, the conical wall or sheet connecting the lower ends of the outer and inner tubes and forming a flaring mouth at the bottom of the bucket, the upper end of said inner tube being terminated below the corresponding end of the outer tube and provided with a hinged valve for closing said upper end of the inner tube, for the purpose and substantially as described. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELI J. GILPIN. Witnesses:

THos. L. MERRICK, E. B. MowRY. 

